Smoking pipe, cigarette, and cigar holder



' A May 28, 1940.

w'. E. HERON SMOKING PIPE, CIGARETTE, Ami cIGAR HOLDER Filed/aug, 21, 1959 Patented May 28, 1940 SMOKING PIPE, CIGARETTE, AND CIGAR HOLDER William Ernest Heron, Detroit, Mich.

Application August Z1, 1939, Serial No. 291,157

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improved smoking pipes, cigarette and cigar holders, and has for its principal object to provide a pipe or holder of such construction as will insure a very cool 5'* smoke, also to trap the noxious distillates present in both solid and liquid form. y

Briefly, in accordance with the invention the pipe bowl is made in accordance with the con ventional pipe and is provided with a tapered stem tapering toward the end. in this stem are formed one or more circumferential grooves, each groove communicating witih a notch formed on the periphery of the stem to provide a space for the reception of absorbent material, the spaces being formed in longitudinal spaced relation and on opposite sides of the stem.

To cover these grooves or spaces to exclude air from entering, the inner end of mouth piece has a tapered hole narrowing down towards the inside and is placed on stem covering the grooves or spaces. The smoke from the burning tobacco is drawn through a small hole into first space, through the absorbent material which traps the noxious distillates, and circulates around the groove and drawn through a small hole to a second groove circulating to a second space. The pin'ied and cool smoke is further drawn through a small hole to smoke passage of mouthpiece and on reaching mouth is further cooled by mixing with air which is drawn into mouth at the same time as the smoke through an air passage or passages which are independent and at the side of the smoke passage of mouth piece.

These objects and the various embodiments of same will be fully described in detail and in reference to the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan View showing the mouth piece with an air passage at each side of a smoke passage.

Figure 2 is an end view of mouth piece showing the air passages and smoke passage away from each other.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the smoking pipe showing the tapered portion of mouth piece in position on stem covering two grooves and spaces for the reception of absorbent material.

Figure 4 is a section on the line l-I showing the mouth piece, groove and space with smoke passage.

Figure 5 is another sectional elevation of the smoking pipe similar to Figure 3 with exception a removable tube covers the grooves and spaces instead of the mouth piece.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 2 2 similar to Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a sectional plan view of a cigarette holder similar to the smoking pipe.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 3-3`similarto Figures land 6 respectively.

Figure 9 is a sectional plan view of a stem or holder broken 01T at end showing the grooves' with space for absorbent material and a tubein position on stem or holder attached securely tov mouth piece. v

Figure l is an end view showing air passages in relation to smoke passage.

And Figure 1l is a section on the line 4-4 showing the absorbent material in place.

In reference to the drawing the improved pipe as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, comprises a bowl a having a stem b` which is tapered in diameter narrowing down towards the end, and could be uniform diameter if desired. Two spaced grooves b1 and b2 respectively are formed around the circumference of stem, and are in communication with spaces or grooves b3 and b4 respectively which cut through the grooves, and are at right angles with the stem axis, and are opposite one another as shown in Figure 3 but could be in any desired position around the circumference of stem. If desired only one groove and. space could be used. A mouth piece c the inner end of which is tapered in diameter c1 narrowing down towards the inside is placed over the tapered diameter of stem being frictionally held in position covering the grooves and spaces as shown. The mouth piece has the usual central smoke passage C2, and has air passages c3 and c4 respectively at each side of smoke passage and away from same. A smoke passage b from the bottom of tobacco chamber extends at an angle to the rst space b3 through which the smoke is drawn. The absorbent material d traps the noxious distillates and the smoke then continues around the groove bi1 to the small smoke passage b which is at an angle to the top of second groove b2. The purified smoke then circulates around the groove leaving the groove at each end into expansion space b4. The smoke is further puried and cooled is drawn through another small smoke passage b" from space b4 at an angle to end of stem, continuing through the smoke passage c1 of mouth piece to mouth. The temperature of the smoke is further lowered in mouth by mixing with air instantly which is drawn into mouth at the same time as the smoke through air passages c3 and c4 respectively which are alongside and close to smoke passage.

It is seen by the above description that the results of smoking the pipe is very desirable,

as a very clean, puried and cool smoke is obtained. It is also seen that when the mouth piece is taken off stem the pipe is very easily cleaned.

Another embodiment of the invention is shown in Figures 5 and 6, whereof the description and operation is similar to that described above with exception the mouth piece is t insidehole of stem according to usual practice, and has the air passages c3 and c4 respectively described above, but to cover the grooves and spaces b1, b2, b3 and b4 respectively of stem a removable tube e is used which ts on stem like hole of mouth piece c2.

A still further embodiment is shown in Figures 7 and 8, of a cigarette or cigar holder which is also similar as described.

It is seen that grooves b1 and b2 could be if desired used irrespective of the spaces b3 and b4, and the spaces b3 and b4 used if desired irrespective of the grooves, such as; shown in Figures 7, 8, 9 and l1, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Yet a still further embodiment of the invention is shown in Figures 9, l and 1l, wherein the air passages c and c6 are at the side of mouth piece and lead outwardly through the pipe stem from the smoke passage out at end away from the smoke passage, and is similar as shown in Figure 2 having the same results as when the mouth piece is in the mouth. The lips form around the sides closing the open sides of the air passages.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as preferred examples of the same, and that various changes in the shape and size may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a tobacco smoking device having a removable tubular casing, a stem member adapted to be enclosed in said casing, said stem member having spaced apart, circumferentially disposed grooves, enlarged recesses arranged on the periphery of said stem member, each of said recesses being disposed at right angles to the stem axis and communicating with the ends of one of said grooves, a passage through a portion of the stem iember leading from one end thereof to one of said recesses, a second passage through a portion of the stem member connecting a pair of adjacent grooves, and a third passage through a portion of the stern member leading from the last of said recesses to the other end of the stem member.

WLLAM ERNEST HERON. 

